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A powerful and challenging examination of what Jews believe today—by a new generation's dynamic and innovative thinkers.
At every critical juncture in Jewish history, Jews have understood a dynamic theology to be essential for a vital Jewish community. This important collection sets the next stage of Jewish theological thought, bringing together a cross section of interesting new voices from all movements in Judaism to inspire and stimulate discussion now and in the years to come.
Provocative and wide-ranging, these invigorating and creative insights from a new generation's thought leaders provide a coherent and inspiring picture of Jewish belief in our time.
Contributors: Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, DHL • Rabbi Rachel Sabath • Beit-Halachmi, PhD • Rabbi Daniel M. Bronstein, PhD • Simon Cooper, PhD • Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove, PhD • Rabbi Jonathan Crane, PhD • Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum • Eitan Fishbane, PhD • Rabbi Jeremy Gordon • Rabbi Shai Held • Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels • Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky • Rabbi Naamah Kelman • Rabbi Asher Lopatin • Rabbi Michael Marmur, PhD • Rabbi Evan Moffic • Rabbi Leon A. Morris • Rabbi Daniel Nevins • Rabbi William Plevan • Rabbi Or N. Rose • Benjamin Sax, PhD • Marc B. Shapiro, PhD • Benjamin D. Sommer, PhD • Rabbi Eliyahu Stern
"Demonstrates that there is not only a future to the Jewish theological enterprise in America but an exciting, fully realized, and challenging future. Abraham Joshua Heschel and Mordecai Kaplan would be thrilled. This book belongs on the shelf of every serious student of Jewish thought."
—Rabbi Neil Gillman, PhD, Aaron Rabinowitz and Simon H. Rifkind Emeritus Professor of Jewish Philosophy, The Jewish Theological Seminary; author, Doing Jewish Theology: God, Torah and Israel in Modern Judaism
“The Jewish conversation about God has continued for thousands of years. The wonderful collection of new voices represented in [this book] enriches not only the conversation but also the reader who will discover how rich, varied, and meaningful that conversation can be.”
—Rabbi Laura Geller, senior rabbi, Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills
“Intellectually and spiritually exhilarating. Indeed, it augurs well for the future of American Judaism.”
—Paul Mendes-Flohr, PhD, professor of Jewish thought, University of Chicago Divinity School; professor emeritus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Foreword by Rabbi David J. Wolpe
Preface by Rabbi Carole B. Balin, PhD
Introduction
The God in Process
I Will Be Who I Will Be: A God of Dynamic Becoming
RABBI BRADLEY SHAVIT ARTSON, DHL
God as the Breath of Life
EITAN FISHBANE, PHD
Living and Dreaming with God
RABBI SHAI HELD
Cosmic Theology and Earthly Religion
RABBI JEREMY KALMANOFSKY
Non-dual Judaism
RABBI JAMES JACOBSON-MAISELS
The Gods of the Text
Open-Source Covenant
RABBI JONATHAN CRANE, PHD
More Theos, Less Ology
RABBI JEREMY GORDON
A Progressive Reform Judaism
RABBI EVAN MOFFIC
Spiritual Mappings: A Jewish Understanding
of Religious Diversity
RABBI OR N. ROSE
The Religion of Torah
BENJAMIN D. SOMMER, PHD
Ways of Talking about God
Five Pillars of Orthodox Judaism
RABBI ASHER LOPATIN
Toward a New Jewish Theological Lexicon
RABBI MICHAEL MARMUR, PHD
Martin Buber: The Dialogue with God
RABBI WILLIAM PLEVAN
Radically Free and Radically Claimed: Toward the Next Stage of Liberal Jewish Theology
RABBI RACHEL SABATH BEIT-HALACHMI, PHD
Can Traditional Jewish Theology Still Speak to (Some of) Us?
MARC B. SHAPIRO, PHD
A Quest for God
A Quest-Driven Faith
RABBI ELLIOT J. COSGROVE, PHD
Theological Proximity: The Quest for Intimacy with God
SIMON COOPER, PHD
Longing to Hear Again
RABBI LEON A. MORRIS
Walking the Walk
RABBI DANIEL NEVINS
On This Sacred Ground
RABBI ELIYAHU STERN
The God in Between The Radical Divinity
RABBI TAMAR ELAD-APPELBAUM
How I Came to Theology, or Didn't
RABBI DANIEL M. BRONSTEIN, PHD
The Theology of the In-Between
BENJAMIN SAX, PHD
First Fruits of the Seasons of Hope and Renewal
RABBI NAAMAH KELMAN
Afterword
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading